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C_Dal I hifij Oryan •! | Franklin Coonty. TO KEEP DOWNlNSECT PESTS Bird Houses in Field and Garden Are a Profitable Investment in Many Ways. Before erecting bird houses to at- tract the feathered songsters without whose presence successful gardening is impossible, one should first deter- mine the kind of birds to which his premises are adapted. The question usually next arising is as to the nuin- her of birds that can be dated. Unless grounds are large, it is generally useless to expect as ten¬ ants more than a pair of each species, except martins. However, the singu- lar intolerance shown by most birds during the breeding season to others of their kind does not operate be¬ tween those of different species. A dozen different kinds of birds will pursue their several inodes oi hunting and raise their families on the same lot, but rarely two of the same sort. Of all our house birds, martins alone are social. The fact that there is a 11 Jm j...... |TV W CXAS? 9*/0 <WjV t I ii it /: m CLASS \ CACSL G-.AS 9 il 0 *fO |j m ' ;- v PR ip ii 1 S N y r pi II , rs. Food Shelter—No. 10, Side View of Food Shelter. No. 11, Food Shelter Set on Top of Post. No. 12, Food Shelter Interior, Showing Suet Bas¬ kets. 0 limit to the possible bird population on any given tract must be taken into consideration. When the prob¬ able tenants have been decided upon, the selection cf sites is in order, for the site often decides the style of house that is to occupy it. In the final placing of bird houses, care should ba taken to have them face away from the winds prevailing in stormy weath¬ er. The strongly developed homing instincts of birds can be relied on to attach them to the neighborhood where they first saw the light, and the identical pairs which nest in the houses provided for them one year will often return the next season to enjoy the same bounty and protection. The illustration shows one of the best ideas for building bird shelters. PUT DAN ON STREET SIGNS Four Stales Have Enacted Laws That Will Do Away With Blemishes on the Highways. Laws designed to preserve the beauty of the highways by preventing, as far as possible, the placing of adver- tising signs on buildings, trees and stones along the highways, are now in effect in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York. The New York law, which went into effect recently, makes it a misdemeanor to place a sign on any tree, stone or structure within the limits of a high- way, or on any private property with- out the consent of the owner. It is also provided that any sign placed in violation of this law may be removed and destroyed by anyone, without re¬ sort to legal formalities.—Modern Me¬ chanics. Living Landscape a Dominant Art. Warren H. Manning, president of the American Society of Landscape Archi¬ tects, in extending a greeting to the American Civic association, at its an¬ nual convention in Washington, said: “I wish to state my belief that the making of living landscape will be the dominant fine art of the future, be- cause it is one in which all the people and all the homes may have a place. I believe the time will come, if it is not already here, when men of means will seek out the finest landscape outlooks, will purchase them as they now pur¬ chase artists’ pictures, and will take their friends to their galleries of liv¬ ing pictures with an even greater pride than they now take them to their gal¬ leries of painters’ pictures." All Alike Interested. The man working on a salary io as m ™°**rt*' 'm H -V only tTOpfiiv- Utffi Uiiit we m Tft \W. tij ' ■ A rh_ ir% m V a y one ♦ PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ITS READERS. CAM Tn F.SVI \ AA<) (* A. FW M > A V . Al A lU ’l I 11*. l«.) i • NATURE DELIGHTS IM CURVES Builders of Human Habitations Do Well to Avoid Too Many Straight Lines. Nature makes no straight lines, for whether it be the canopy above, the horizon about us, the shore of occ? i or pond, the course of streams, (be lines of horse, bird, or even of the human figure, benifiirul curves and 1 variety and multiplicity of curves everywhere abound. Without guid¬ ance such as a taut cord, a straight edge, or ruler, man cannot make a j straight line. Even with the assist- : aa ce of a crack or continuous joint ' in a sidewalk the homeward-bound in I the “wee sma’ hours anent tiro twal” cannot maintain their physical dig- j nit y and equilibrium, however assidu- 0U3l J' their foct wo ° “the straight and narrow path of rectitude.” It . then that nature I must bc apparent 1 rever intended man to make straight ! lines > alul the present writer loves ! them not - oven in a dwelling-house. The clay cottage with thatched roof is the very acme of beauty in shel- ters for mankind, and often the sim¬ ple, old-fashioned garden round about holds more of natural charm than the most favored part of the grandest es¬ tate. Those who have tramped over fresh¬ ly-fallen snow, though intent upon go¬ ing in a straight fine from cne specific point to another, looking back upon their course, may easily descry what beautiful and smoothly-flowing curves they have traced upon earth’s win¬ try shroud. Even the paths of do¬ mestic animals through their pastures are of most artistic and gentle de¬ parture from the monotonous straight line. Still, we would not advise fol¬ lowing these in the economic disposi¬ tion of traffic, as did the Bostonians with Sam Foss’ calf trail. Likewise, we should avoid violation of the dic¬ tates of common sense by trying to institute curves in a front walk from street to door when the distance is but a few' paces. Curves must not be made to appear ridiculous. Sometimes restricted scope precludes their use and straight lines must prevail. Still, the straight line is not, as Ruskin is reputed to have said,’ “the line of beauty.” SAVING NEW YORK'S TREES Planting Association of ihs Great Metropolis Finds Itself Facing a Hard Problem. Manhattan presents a hard problem for those who want to beautify the metropolis with shade trees. It seems that certain streets are not altogether hopeless, according to the report of the Tree Planting association of New York, just out. Such are Seventh avenue and Lenox from One Hundred and Tenth street up; Broadway north from Fifty-ninth street, also West End avenue, West One Hundred and Thirty-eighth, West Seventy-ninth street, etc. On all cf these there are plantations at present. In spite of the fact that some people have tlio idea that New York has few shade trees there are dozens of varieties of all shades and styles and patterns, from aristocratic shade trees to scraggy slum dwarfs, Tree doctors and surgeons are very necessary, and tree surgery has be- come quite a definite science. Many a fine old tree is saved Oy “filling its tooth,” as it were—that is, filling its hollow cavity with cement to prevent further decay. The committee of the association has divided up Naw York into dis- tricts for special examination, and the report on the different geographical \ locations is exhaustive, 3 fit L’ -iac- ; il* a j .a utati •>'* .j <ir; u -j H ( C \ ' r. J make a man’s business more prosper- t ous at the same time tend to giv.. more j stable value to a man’s home and : i guarantee him steady employ¬ more ment. You can’t get away from it; we . are all in the same boat, and must sink or swim together. ! Righteously Indigr.arit, ■ Head of the firm (discovering his apprentice and his young daughter .-.re corresponding}—Well, well, t’s love letters the rascal is writing to my daugh :r, and on my too!—Munich Fliegende Blaetter. n-r.<j*v fn'l rUn- rpn-.i- Srim'Se" tKvcmllJ. ^?S- \ u cr8 MAKING WAR ON BILLBOARD American Civic Association Regards It as Objectionable Form of Advertising. j From its very institution, the Amer- ican Civic association has devoted it- self to the protection of the public ngainst three great nuisances—smoke, poles and wires, and billboards. At tlie annual convention of the associa- tion in Washington one of the import- ant subjects discussed was billboards, wlth a principal address, entitled “The Passing of the Signboard,” by Jesse Lee Bennett of Baltimore in which lie recounted the steps that had been taken for the legal control of tlm billboard in all parts of the United States. Concerning the sentiment again .t the billboard, Mr. Bennett said: ••The feeling against the signboard has he- come nation-wide and in the past few years the agitation of civic organiza- tions Iia3 been so successful as to awaken resentment against it so wide* spread that, from coast to coast and in almost every state and city, there arc now, cr have been, vigorous move¬ ments seeking the abolition or regula- tion of these unnecessary and disfig- wring objects. fjicre has been much agitation, and from it there has been distilled one thing the recognition of the fact that wlnit is called the signboard problem is a question more complex than the mere removal of the signs. Tlio signboard has been found to be inextricably intertwined with two questions of even greater importance —awakening of civic sentiment and the recognition by legislators and judges of the validity of argu¬ ments based upon esthetic considera¬ tions.” Commenting on what ought to be the attitude of the law and Iho courts toward the billboard, he added: ‘ it w'ouid take our psychologist but. a few minutes Jto show that it is not a question of ear, or nose, or eye, but a question of the brain and of the very consciousness that is life itself. No law should permit any man to intrude or force himself or his busi¬ ness into another man’s consciousness to the extent that outdoor advertis¬ ing has come to permit, an intrusion immeasurably increased by the fact that it is impossible to avoid seeing signboards.” SERVED A DOUBLE PURPOSE Scheme of New York Man improved Appearance of Garden and Pro¬ tected Birds. Bird lovers Often find it a most dif¬ ficult problem to devise means to pre- vent neighbor¬ hood cats from 4m frt frightening away their feathered pets and robbing I / the nests of their i J A New i j young. York man who I Vi S' makes his gar- 1 m den an aviary, miM and who at the same time is not I a hater of cats, planted climbing- ii: rose the poles base vines supporting of about the - k w ■’ his bird houses. ; - k, While these added greatly to the appearance of , the garden, they also served very efficiently in keeping cats from crawl¬ ing up the posts. The birds, under¬ standing their security, were no longer . frightened from their nests.—Popular Mechanics. i ComblsTstion of Property Owners. 1 A ge:icra> maintenance tax of two t mills per square foot, which amounts to $4 per year on a lot 20 by 100 feet, besides the regular city tax, must be paid by lot owners in a section of Philadelphia. This special assessment is for the upkeep of the property, and is applied towards the cost, of gar¬ bage collection, snow cleaning, light- , ing, maintaining the park and sew¬ erage system, replanting trees and shrubbery, cleaning vacant lots, and repairing streets and sidewalks. The fund is administered by a company and assures the lot owner that all , repairs in streets and sidewalks will be promptly made when needed, and ' vlU not be f ub J' ect to tb ? ^iosyn- crahies . 0< „ pnvate ownership or the 8 ow methods of municnal ments. Road of Success. Author—It’ll be a fine feather in your oap if you produce this play. ! 1 tU * U fl0 ' n * 1 Ut ' k ‘ City-Planning Association. For a number of years the city of New York has contemplated the crea¬ tion of a city-planning commission for regulating the various civic improve¬ ment undertakings of the municlpal- ity, as well as those of private indtvid- uals The work which we id como under the supervision of such a city- planning commission would include, among other things, housing, indus- trial structures, the conveyances of supplies and materials of manufacture and manufactured products, the dis- posal of waste material, the arrange- nient of the various sections of the O' in accessible manner, rapid and convenient means of transportation, the prevision of facilities lor educa- tion and public recreation. These are the fundamental objects of city planning, but many other c.ty activities would come vnder the super* vision of the city-i inning commie sion, such as regulating the height of buildings, dividing the city into dis- t”icts and zones, traffic regulations, etc. Good Judgment Needed Good judgment—not a matter of opinion, but a matter of principle, training and experience—is necessary to the s« .eclion of a proper location for a civic cento, in order to avoid the criticism and condemnation c” fu- t U re generations to which we lay c.ir selves ope K if wo do not exercise proper jud U raent a t the crucial mo- men f One Sc! icl Benefit. “I tell you, sir, the great benefit of a college education lies in th< friends you make,” “"’hat’s so. No mark - how old you ur if you have been tin >vgh college you can always find some ci-c to play pol 3 r bet on the races or go on c spn ith ’’—Life More Imp-i 1 hin< The latest esi'm. placus t...<■ -- t ,e o the ear.; at lOO.OOt. years. T b ,*• ever, the age. of the ca; ’.h sn’i r as important io some men • t’ e t. the liquor 'be; con on Paint Your Residence, if your residence needs painting or repairing now is the tir to have the work done. lu the iirit ..iace yen will get tho labor much cheaper ai l in the ntxt place you will aid those who need V orlc. If it is true that, we are border¬ ing on prosperous times it will not be many months until labor will much more than now, so there is double saving—the ’ ouse will be s injury and the owner dollars. V pay you to look into this lene(Tex.) Reporter. Tc Clean Copper. Coppei articles that have b discolored can be made to lock new again by rubbing them with lemon dipped in salt and aftcnvarc rinsing in clear hot water and polishing with a soft cioth. Miniature Cattle. The smallest cows in the world are found in the Samoar islands, The average weight doe. not exceed 150 pounds, while the bulls weigh about 200 pounds. They are about' the size oi a Merino sheep. ONE OF LIFE’S GREAT TASKS Showing Boys and Girls Their Work May Be Properly Described as the Divine Profession. “There are no men nor women alive, of too deep visioning nor of too lus¬ trous a humanity, for the task of show¬ ing boys and girls their work. No other art answers so beautifully. This is the intense cultivation ot the human spirit. This is world-parenthood, the divine “I would have my country call upon every man who shows vision and fine¬ ness in any work, to serve fer an hour or two each day, ffmeng the schoois of his neighborhood, telling the chil¬ dren the mysteries o<‘ nis daily task— and watching for his own among them.” “There was an old priest who served men in Siberia Around tfi .1, i., 'ho 1 bleak winter land, cere the best an: worst of the Russian empire He t r n:i ed the sick, and prayed ;vnh them: brought food, cut wood, procured medicines, watched with the dym prepared the dead. A certain young Red came out to fm colony and bb served the priest’s mier of life ‘“Father, he said u, lly, ‘I should thinK you would ion pour soul in the midst of such mis .ry and evil and darkness—as our life here is made of.' “The old man leaned back and looked at the ceiling, shutting his eyes “‘Well, now, that’s queer,' he said, presently. ‘I had almost forgotten that i had 9. soul,”’—Will i/evmgtgn Com fort. h (J j t) Ki b Li i . u s.> V 'I t. ilUOLS. .tf*. s AsLIrej.* fti Sou. Tin':., u. Uuifft. Let it ho remeirboroiu that hi Gei. .• i • gten: . bulk m’ hr- line:, v... on 1 -.PL, tiitj and uu< ' ">ny of ijs pioy.ctefora resile ec 1 ' ■-'us, but tile prup.niy ilcelf 1 ■> nniiitiy, wlievo Jt may be ibjeet. to Hi u vi. «, * to-every in ■! i. ! I. I, *l,y COl',1 y. C;i the dr?* i • it m car unjust to !'"< iU'it . let-mi wb ■ v ' i mm try distr- u ; ■f tuo sets of ii ountry mu i tiie oth ' Put ihai w, .«h > V lit- value and i in eui.t. y lar esj u o. * of g si. I.e-.ls '.■■■ u • a» i fejivi’’ ( i * i. i mu to a \ !• V l! ) A li'vd it;;; e-V . ... la U*' « ; i hei .it , power to «... ail'i great in hin ), : I.JJl indii..o'i s craving f -r t. • I'mg •> An e«l 1 cate 1 1. • - e to labu until it f.K O’ • ut home ami Sttrai. uve bacoui Every coninumitv of eduoafed p o- pie must have a si tu* academy; 1:) crude, pi ii is jcca c- inoii.-ideil a 3 a iiMdwii /■ i me, tit./ L;.ii*ki ir eoiiuoit a ■’ ilegance. .decs in 3 pla- e; it isi bare a churc.ii in v.bii ii the 1 >le may at ii'iiihi - for wv. ship whi'.ii't sliaric and r -.Wbleak, r i' n. h a o go. bigb' iys foi ,>♦• stlu i > ,iv ..deiici ■uni v .orny; it v. ’ sun uuul it. ei: ••‘th an att ios.nl u ■ pure , r. ■ ... 1. • .hup that : e crluiiaaJ'p in t b»c.-:the It in 1 r **. h t r. un ..it foe! .. w oii/ulae, ,n. iu.lividual, out. nberiiig tit old it Ions now giving way to •.leiv, will roa 1 vs tin >et'si sc $ • t.l • 1 Ti. a any the rm eteppb .-stones >f ..aeir dead sellv« tu higher tiling. Such a commu.ilty is an anclior.1. •o tv- y on, roar d within it, aa • f. in.-ti a to v ii. h.unc* st. ’ o to in Ins i t there, '.‘'ha* I'i-.u. sppri-cj!ii..j m value, population rd bilo, * j comes more i 3, vt an ! more conk', 1, ai t the nf lnlci fimnnimioation are lipliod. c Good schools, therefore, pc. mote material pro-: parity anil nor, l._ resident propt ictors have no cause to anticijiale Lie tiopreciai um of th ir property by tlio impost..ion of a school tax The tax siloviki bo high enough 1.0 secure a teacher of first-class i an bfiliation3 for each grade, and to furnish to every child of school age Wiest anil earnest schooling. An adequate school system for the country would arrest the tendency of so many people to remove from their country homes to the towns. i 1.ding c;.m 1 hioH 3 people can not ecji.-tii/cd for seeking the supaiior so- rtsil aiid educational advantages of the ■towns. From this movement, how the country schools suffer in d( .able loss. Their most trust "•■.by support ia gradually drained 1 W MV. , it.t '• ,, •(<-<;t a 1 so upon the t material 1- •.©rests i f 1 no po< i io is pemaps n- tess iilsawtrous. i no grand old , home „ •du—the crowu ttml glory of a "*■ iiiiiloucd c (i ; civmzatir by tin ' Tik'iuoiTos '*} 1 ’ TU, of "~ “" o'’ m< ih«. and a”oun J winch cluMer m p - iu 1tio,,s d our. h'lillmo.l, are fail ■■ ■ • - 1 1 '' h - 1 u -cay • .'..enwil.-i fa.I off m ; mi ran 'ia or bccomo : .-.Uru.k chu: to.es ice their meiuborMiip, tt» iv i and art.}- ,-.aiis sink into iitkoosi, ,«• go-ik cm ployme.’i else. ET «, a no itie general , ()U0 , ; f the do- •' Cl. O' 111 1 nity lapser nto liejirossi' u ami apm l.y. Tbosc who remove to tho towns . re gen ei ally of the Mirlt y cl; :a v!;<- 0 iresetme an inili; 'V,, ci .ue ry are tuc most 1 l'K;, iii». v eopie iviio a-e f. in .- t m !•>«'' 0, erprisea loo!-.in 1 to th 1 atm- en: . f iiiur comm.miti e, and y->nng poo a’o who aspire to fin prove 'neir con- lit, as and who, if 1 . lu in th country, vuidcl become its n. ,.-,t .-cfi/e *«r I in 'ei ige-.t agent;} in working out its :tfinmal.’on. Tuo )<* s of those eniv ,<. • sing spirii-.i -most val 'able hoc: -tee icy do aspire to a beU<.j ’uture. a use tliey are ho- - fill ami optimist’c •is more serious than wo are ap.. t' ,t, >pose. a* Ala.mg the < ■ -I ants mm ry are t : -fifty : .. Hr tlm =• f<- uic ...-d -veaUli pi ’d ' ;■ f; i ' a r.'lllrol ' ‘b<* iv ; :i fi amt ii it t p,r •• IM ' 1 ft 01 ii \ c, J uT.r«y a 'O t Hi * li.'-iOnS r «. . cm e or i A icme to The Rote! iiest wees and pay v * ’ in 3 n fiie Advtiuu, CiBcm O rgffji «rf ’* Franklin Count>. ly the i.azte •—'.<! deterioration is ff me cosily t-uin u moderate tax for eir rt. Ags- u, re exiling io system «*• corn- on . .cola, owi.-.g the meur e ar¬ ooru. um for its support and i. i of Ve school term, io mer x\ ■ t ,n, a 1 '. therefore fails .. feu .unin,.; iuteiest and end 'It iO t a* t of its benefleia, ,e,» i .• • well known to ba inade ; iau n t in -4 tltafc it is impose!I I s '■> ■■•■o'v en f iastic in its su >P Mu-. .t aud you v. .. it once, f ii,; ill, r itnmis a revolut.ea i r. sen .a out nr 1 » tion. The t oo , 1 « i Ml! i ?r espouse it I -cause it pcs- ■< ,s< • iolicieut element) of success. iiit ir piiile. their, api 'hlon, their ■> m-rt, w u j U.o in its surport \ l i- oithy and because i t u 'tiling. Their zeal ‘i u vi:i burst into flame and \ i i-e Ki'.-v il that they wore !ijqu( toward a. duty so ini- ’<• \(\ sac-".'. * CoH'',uou» -V ici- hi veil* 1 v u sciiools, aud ti.us the fire vi :i spiead. They will seek capable and con enlior.s teaclie'H—not th.130 i im ympcti ills wlio f<»llow the profes¬ sion hoc.-, use they think it aa easy job, of beta use tliey can fine nothing to do —H* teachers of Btion... M ii'iy, and rouusv cliaracter, b.vor.d, <-nd honorable man and cr men, thoroughly qualiSed to train iho mind aud mould 1 bn character, and to make an Impress ou mind ard hear*.; r.d conduct with enduring force, a public r un it thus •'ngci dered ▼ irk miracles. U will fce-urae an f. leg • par, of a!! occupations, all as ptra : Jons, and all ideals.' it k essen . i.aii. a now birth. The pr >icty «. f local taxath-n n--®' e argue i ..Iso rom t.-o uccess'l’ ( • e r ase. A long trial of U.-.c cxi». "• ~ i ««.,tures us that if eduent ■ £a> to bee .rue universal, it ■il . fuug people me to be qualified » smuo t’.-i r»-sp(mibilities of c’ti.- chip, if illiteracy is to be driven £■ ' our borders, an improvement of ti ii- imperative. People of mo* omu -mes can patronize the b. a. xt o< . or secure far their eon nuu h ugii.evs a scientific i rd clasf. w- education at u. nuivers-tios, l -t these schools aie not accessible to v?- 3 t nun.net's 0? the laboring poor. ’* the means o? euucaUcn are / >t brc ight to their doer" tinV can - »drive any uiiect benefit uom the- . And yet the State owca tL0 same c / to them that it owes to the provide.- * rad ft«4jtiiiest of its ci'izens. Every child born within the lurid* fiction of tlie State is en-itlod 1 .* out diRcrlminattbn to like privtlee ’ and Immunities. Each one should at le ist bo taught to read its constitution ana its laws, else how can the tu va be justifi 'i in demanding obedience to them fro.n ■ ? Childien, whose pxr- r-nts are ur te to furnish them with a ptimary educa-'’on, are in a measure the wards of the nation, * and the money expended in their education is <r wasted, for tlio ranu of its most illustrious aud most useful men arj recruited from the nurseries of b.u: bio country ; ome 3 . Good •mhoois are the instrumerts i jy v uich we discover talent- 3 , tiny ire the dinner's rod, aud if tfity ar( pj an t ef j j B (fie remote country dis ti-icts we have reason to expect U- (hey will enrich tho nation by rov« j D g nidden talc-ms now perishing , [;i i g ( . y rti . j jj avt . said nothing correr:. - itm effect of education on agrh tur9 which must, for many years ui com co. 1 Unue to bo the principal u* I uipation „f o t country people, tilts employuit it very educated j a a radical tfatie of osc-fulness :.a<* j j.>s( ruction to his neighbors. Towaic 1 H.i’h oicipation nature is most pro- - j tion-; anil helpful, and theio is none an" , a -h-cli ‘he aarclse of talc “ fi-H ■ lit ii. ! .he lute’V.i.'mit r. 3 ici,-i 1 ui tie principlea of 2. . ieiij net' r ic’urns la? Vv'i.c does not envy the happy him who stands la the midst o» ■latnre’i laborato-v where he cay laity vl ness tlm in. -ption oi LI > and the fashioniiij according to definite 0 a ,\ unchang • ole laws of its 1. uiti- , form end marvelous organisms? He who "tin,Until the clouds hir -rio s“ bestows i pou tlio bumble tiller of ‘ha | ground an exw ::a of delight as 31 a 1 1 >c’ s? u* upon ’!..•? b- ut. of Ji • earth and tho ,-Y 3 ) of Lie heaven A uu i’lffo is "o ficctipfl 1 ion t! at yir a larger omo t<- r.i u of moderate re- : \ wees, ar ;1 none, of course. upoi. 1 hirh tho wor*d .j more depone' a or cotnfm t i ! irishman'.C. Why is it the "Lit '.a. int-.filit- r?® -vnt'? os' ‘ .lOC r a u ^ anc a ? r. 1 i ,. ■) lU!'* ae -hy .v vliy.” Let us t ... j;;y :« f it »t I’..": i" ' a vlng t;S! IWH itS aiitiui ;.«■/>r.ivlnc.